For Tilting Boilers Patents (Class 122/490)
  • Patent number: 5061304
    Abstract: A steam processing apparatus and method in which a plurality of separators are disposed along the length of a cylindrical drum having inlet means for receiving a mixture of liquid and vapor and outlet means for discharging the separated liquid and vapor. The mixture is discharged against a baffle after which the separated liquid is passed to the drum liquid outlet and the separated vapor is passed upwardly by natural buoyant forces to the drum vapor outlet. The separators are disposed in a plurality of rows--two to each side of the axis of the drum along the length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Walter P. Gorzegno, William D. Stevens, Albert J. Zipay